Malapterurus beninensis Murray, 1855
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Murray, A. (1855). On electrical fishes with a description of a new species of Malapterurus from Old Calabar, received from the Rev. Hope M. Waddell. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> v. 1: 20-21, 1 pl.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Siluriformes
- family
- Malapteruridae
- genus
- Malapterurus
- species
- Malapterurus beninensis
Name
- Synonyms
- Malapterurus affinis Günther, 1864
- Homonyms
- Malapterurus beninensis Murray, 1855
- Common names
- Electric Catfish in English
- Poisson Courant in French
- Silure électrique in French
- pasumec nigerijský in Czech
- Electric Catfish in English
- Poisson Courant in French
- Silure électrique in French
Bibliographic References
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- Murray, A. (1855). On electrical fishes with a description of a new species of Malapterurus from Old Calabar, received from the Rev. Hope M. Waddell. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> v. 1: 20-21, 1 pl.